The Wonderful 101 will be no less divisive in remastered form

Today sees the not-exactly-long-awaited release of The Wonderful 101 Remastered, following a Kickstarter campaign that concluded less than three months ago. The game is already good to go across the Nintendo Switch, PC, and PS4, suggesting that the crowdfunding effort may not have been strictly necessary. But no matter: the release of a lost cult classic to a wider audience is cause for celebration. Right?

In many ways, yeah. I do like this game a lot. But I can’t help feeling that The Wonderful 101 Remastered doesn’t quite do all it could to get more people on board. This game wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea even among Wii U owners who played it, and it remains uncompromising in remastered form.